Nowitzki returns for Mavs after offseason knee surgery

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Dec 24, 2012

It came on the night Nowitzki returned following surgery on his right knee Oct. "In the middle of the third we were down by 80, so I didn't really have to go back in," Nowitzki said, exaggerating the Mavs' largest deficit just a bit. Nowitzki decided to p… (more)lay less than an hour before tipoff after testing the knee during practice last week. Dirk Nowitzki returned to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, coming off the bench to score eight points in a 129-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He led the Mavericks to the 2011 NBA title, but struggled last season while dealing with the knee injury. In the NBA, its best team right now is on just the same kind of roll 13 straight wins after Sunday and even though you can say we’ve seen the Los Angeles Clippers coming for a couple of seasons now, it’s still remarkable that they’re the class of the West.

Merry Christmas Eve, Dallas Mavericks fans. I got you a 7-foot German. I hope it fits: After being sidelined for the Mavericks' first 27 games following mid-October arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, legendary power forward Dirk Nowitzki made his 2…

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